No Front License Plate

Self tapping screws.

Zip ties.

>>14827586
Double sided tape.

>>14827586
I should have on my Fox and my Caddie but I don't. Both have never been drilled and I'm not fucking up the clean look with a bracket. I'd rather get pulled over and take the ticket every blue moon. Been pulled over 4 times for it in 7 years and received one ticket. Usually they just use it as an excuse to pull you over and let you go with a "warning" if you're not a dick to the cops.

>>14827586
Move to a state not run by the Gestapo.

>>14827586
Move to Texas

>>14827586
i zip tied it to the bottom of my front grill and let it skid across the ground like chalk till it was level with the road

looked funny af

>>14827613
Was thinking I might just suck it up and pay the fines, but I've heard it's quite expensive where I am in Northern VA.

Also kinda paranoid that I'll get stopped for something as simple as plates, then get a DUI for drinking two beers.

>>14827634
Texas does require a front plate...born and raised in tx and have never had one. Was stopped once after about 10 years and given a warning. I wouldn't worry about it.

>>14827593
Where specifically would these attach to? Is it reasonably secure?

>>14827662
Ah, interesting. The previous owner was from Austin, TX.

>>14827684
Look at a manual show-n-go plate. You will still have to drill under the front bumper but it's retractable and holes will not be visible.
Could possibly do a tow mount plate, but doesnt look like you have that option.

Currently I just have the dealer plate up on the dash. If I get stopped in the meantime, should I just tell the cop that I've ordered a mount but it's here yet?

>>14827717
*not here yet

>>14827672
Anywhere you can. I use them to hold up my bumper because shitbox.

>>14827586
That's a Lexus. Order the front plate bracket. Use the included screws. Look for the indentations in the bumper to see where the screws go


Texas requires front plates.

>>14827684
>>14827732 here, I work at a Lexus dealership in Texas.

We require the plates but Travis Co. (AKA Austin) doesn't enforce it. It's a laugh every time someone comes in with a ticket cause they left Westlake without front plates.

There's also a mount that installs to the tow hook mount in your front bumper. Looks a lot better than the normal mount for the newer sport models. It's $100 but it looks pretty good.

>>14827732
>That's a Lexus
Not mine, but yes I actually did buy a Lexus.

>>14827762
Good, the mount is 30, dealerships generally give plate covers away for free. It comes with the screws and the bumper has indentations where the screws go. If your drill isn't shit you won't need pilot holes.

>>14827758
Reasoning being that a buyer would be furious if the front bumper was drilled, when it was not originally on the lot and they do this after purchase.

>>14827790
Oh, right, you don't want to drill.

The tow hook mount is an option, I've seen people attach the plate to a sun visor. Generally hate to see front plates on Lexus cars but what're ya gonna do, right?

>>14827798
Oh yeah we're well aware of that, doesn't stop the occasional valet from drilling one anyway. But we still have people who've had their cars forever but since they either never drive or never leave the hills they never got a ticket until now.

>>14827586

2 of my vehicles don't have a bracket for the front so I don't display the front plate.

Cops rarely look for them anyway so it's not worth messing up an otherwise clean looking front fascia in my opinion. The only times I ever been called out were when driving to my last job which had gate security. I'd just tell them I'd get it fixed, but never I do and they rotate people a lot so they don't ever really follow up on it. This went on for years at that place until I got fired for unrelated things. Now I live in a town with military base close by and so it's easy to blend in with people from states that don't require a front plate.

>>14827829
>Cops rarely look for them anyway
Funny thing is I didn't even notice the lack of front plate until my friend pointed it out.

>>14827659
>DUI for drinking two beers
This. Just put the plates on. Even a couple drinks at happy hour could technically put some people over the legal limit. Not worth it.

Just display it in the windshield, OP.

>>14828212
I don't know if that's legal in any state. Plus, cops could say it's a dangerous projectile in the case of a collision.

>>14827662
I keep my plate propped up on the dashboard.

My neighbor is a cop, I asked him about it and said it's perfectly fine.

>>14827851
In some states, you don't have to have a front plate if the car didn't come with a place to put one, so double check your laws.

Usually, it's a secondary offense, not a primary. I've lived in mostly front plate states, and the cops have never said anything about not having front plates.

The only time someone said something about it was on base security, told him the cops never said anything to me when I was pulled over, and he told me to keep doing me.

>>14828274

So is just about anything else in the cabin that isn't secured.

The best way to find out is looking up your state regs on the display of license plates. Read it carefully. If you aren't violating any of verbage, then you are good to go.

>>14828302
Be careful. I've met a few officers in my time that thought they knew the law and ended up being wrong. It's best to look up the regs yourself.

>>14828333
>>14828339
I'm in Virginia, specifically Northern VA. Driving laws here are some of the most oppressive in the country.

>>14828438
I always wondered why this is. Because it's so close to the nation's capitol? I don't even think you can legally own a gun in DC...

>>14827586
>living in a state that doesn't respect your freedums
pleb

if the laws permits it just put it in your windshield

>>14828817
>not understanding that the DC metro area has some of the best employment opportunities in the country

>>14827758
Down here in Harris County you need to have a front license, fug

Why not just put it on the dash?

Bang it up, put it in the glovebox, if you ever get stopped tell them it fell off earlier that day.

Cops only like front plates because it's a big target for radat/laser speed guns.

>>14827586
Put it on your windshield like spicks do with puerto rican license plates

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>>14827598
this

Tow hook plate?

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>>14827586
i've seen bmws a lot around here in LA put them on this tow adapter

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>>14828880
>DC metro area

wew lad.

Haven't been there since early 2000s, but I do remember it being rather shit.

>>14833152

I thought those were the front collision sensors.

>>14827659
fuck nova

>>14835304
No, thats where you put the hook to tow your car, pop off the cap and there is a places to screw it in.

>>14835636

Why do cars have places to put a front tow hook? Is it in case the car gets stuck in a ditch? Is there one in the back too?

>>14827586
Do that cool shit where it looks like it's melted into the bumper. You'll be a badass probably adds like 100 horsepower too

>>14835654
Yes, to save the suspension and bumpers from being damaged any further in case it needs to be rescued

>Lexus

Why do people buy these pieces of shit? All the disadvantages of cheap jap mass engineering and none of the reliability or build quality of real, European luxury brands.

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>>14836836
Europe has been cucked by Lexus since its inception

>Toyota isn't reliable
>mfw

>>14827586
I know there is a bracket available for Mustang's that mounts under the front bumper and slides out, then flips up. It's intended for a street legal car so you can hide the plate for car shows. There may be something like that available for your car or maybe it's a universal bracket.

>>14836850

European INVENTED the luxury car, what did Japan invent? Cheap econoshits with aerokits for boy racers.

I don't know how you delusional weeaboos even compare them

When you're adult enough own a real adult car, let me know, until then keep putting around in your fart machine wishing you were as fly as me.

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>>14836878
>buying european

>>14836878
I know you're trolling but you're wrong on all accounts

Lexus was introduced in the states and European luxury car sales dropped because no one wanted to pay Euro prices and maintenance bills when there was a cheaper option that was just as luxurious and more reliable.

>>14836894

You would too, if you could afford it.

Car culture was born in Europe, car culture is a European phenomenon. Before Americans started trying to copy EU car culture, they were literally drunks driving cars around in circles, hell they still do that for some reason. And don't even get me started on Jap shit. "Drifting" lmao. "Let me take this corner slow and flashy because I'm a faggot". Let me know when drifting wins F1 or le mans.

>>14836910

That's the biggest myth riceboys will try to make you believe, here's a review from back then saying how much lexshit sucks ass compared to a real adult car.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W0UYcKXjKWY

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>>14836920
Lawd Jesus this nigga is mad and stupid as fuck somebody stop him

>>14836927
>1 opinion
>vs actual market performance

baka eurobuyers desu

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>>14836920
Well, the japs won Le Mans so hard, that the faggot euros had to ban an engine because euro manufacturers were bitching about it being unfair. An engine, mind you that was so reliable, in the after race inspection they discovered it was ready to run another 24 hours. An engine that if they had increased the limiter to 10,500RPM would have produced 9000 horsepower with a naturally aspirated 2.6L. Call me when the euros can do that, loser.

>>14836936

>clear concise arguments why Lexus is shit
>lol u mad rebuttal

I really didn't need any more proof that nap boy racers were children, I'll thank you anyways though.

>>14836957
*900 horsepower

>>14836957

The rules were changed so that ENGINEERING wins, not who can throw the most money at developing a race car.

If Mazda spent all that money on developing cars for normal people maybe they'd have more than one nice car + a car for gays.

>>14836982
>mazda
>spending more money on le mans than the euros
are you fucking retarded? you're telling me that mazda put more money into le mans than porsche? than audi? seriously, you're telling me this with a straight face?

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>>14836982
> implying mazda had anywhere near as much money to spend as the European manufacturers
Full retard damage control

Pic related destroyed porsche so hard for four consecutive years that they cried cheating and were laughed at by the entire racing industry for being sore losers

>>14836992

I don't even know why were talking about le mans anyways, trying to deflect the argument away from how riceboxs will never be luxury cars?

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LOL LICENSE PLATE THREADS

>>14837000
you're the one who brought up le mans, not me.

>>14836997

Literally got lucky once and never again.

>>14837000
Keep thinking that a leased base model bmw or any model vw is anywhere near on the level of luxury that a mid range lexus offers

>>14837007

I was talking about each countries car culture, not a European driving an over engineered grain of rice winning 1 race.

>>14837017

>poor persons BMW isn't as nice as top of the line japshit.

Arguable, but funny that's the comparison you wanna go with, prove my point for me hun.

>>14837020
You said, and I quote
>Let me know when drifting wins F1 or le mans.
you specifically mentioned le mans.
you should learn to shitpost a bit better, otherwise your shit will get shutdown pretty quickly.
go start a gtr vs corvette thread, maybe you'll get a few (You)s

>>14837032

So when did drifting win f1 or le mans? When did a slant eye driver win f1 or le mans? Jap car culture is so divorced from actual race driving that they require Europeans to race their cars.

>European and American drivers go to japan to race in Super GT and GT 3000.
You can't make this shit up.

>>14837045
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans_winners
not many, but a few have.
and don't pretend japs only have drifting you stupid prick, there's a reason there's a Japanese GP. you can also go ahead and look at GT3 and SuperGT. Also, aussie racing series, where the gt-r got it's nickname for beating the shit out of every other car on the grid.

>>14837066

>comparing the world cup of racing to funsies racing

>>14837068

Oh boy here comes the gt r mentions lmao, I can't handle this level of ignorance about cars Im out..

>>14837070
IDK even know what your trying to say. Neither of those are "world cup" or international.

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>>14837045
>So when did drifting win f1 or le mans?
>When did football win baseball

>>14837068
The gtr didn't do that though
It won a race bevause the lead car crashed in the rain and it was called off
It also got btfo by other jap cars in the 12 hours
It was also said by the team owner that they cheated
And it was also driven by a non jap so whatever

>>14837076
what's your point? the gt-r is an important part of racing history, the same way that the m3 is. it's a car that has consistently appeared on racing circuits and dominated.
maybe you should leave, I think you've got school in a couple of hours

>>14837089
The gtrs racing history is only relevant in Europe tho
It actually dominated there and was responsible for the banning of awd

>ricers get called out on their cheap econobox
>all they can say is m-m-muh dorito, m-m-muh GTR

Classic, the sad part is he wasn't even talking about sports cars so those aren't even relevant.

>>14837124
Sad part is the bmw loving faggot brought up sports car racing first :^)
Stay mad Bitch

>>14837131

F1 and le mans are race car racing, not GT racing

Aight I'm done, I spent too much time on reddit lately forgot how easy it is to troll here.

BTW I drive an LS400 :^)

>>14837139
>implying le mans dosen't have a gt class

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>>14836836
he mad because;
>muh superficial perceived quality
>muh throwaway leased 'luxury'
>muh stupid gimmicks
>muh assbackward over-engineering that makes everything more complicated, instead of more robust
>muh cuckovers

and his carfu got beat by a cumaro

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>>14837093
>It actually dominated there and was responsible for the banning of awd

X DOUBT

>>14837171
>and his carfu got beat by a cumaro
SO DID YOUR'S HAHAHAHHAHHhahhah lol

>>14837185
Gtr holds the record for THE FASTEST volume PRODUCTION CAR ON THE NURBURGRING

>>14836957

Le Mans was just one part of a worldwide endurance series. It was the longest race, but there were a good four more events after it and Japan's pride Mazda even lost the final race at Autopolis

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>>14833152

What this guy said. It's where the front tow hook goes. Some people put their plates here. It's pretty legit in states the require it.

>>14836878
Enjoy your Syrian built shitbox, Sven

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What's so special about being banned at Le Mans? This car is banned.

>>14836836
Mad because people buy a Lexus and lease German cars?

>>14828302
>get into car crash
>sharp piece of metal flying around cabin

GET a sticker license plate thats what i have on my f type

Damn. Didn't know my thread was still going.

>>14835295
>>14835314
I've lived in NoVA for like 24-25 fucking years. Shit driving laws. Hot and muggy in the summer, still gets cold in the winter. Worst of both worlds.

Oh. And if you have anything less than a masters degree, people think you're a pleb.

>>14833152
That's probably what I'll have to end up doing. I'll look like some racer-boi with my license plate to the side. Oh well.

>>14836836
Japanese have owned the "build quality" category for years, m8

>>14846091
Japanese are good at reliability of parts. Germans excel at using quality materials. That being said, I'd go with the Lexus.

>>14846124
And that's not to say that parts on Hondas and Toyotas are bad. Rather that they just kind of "do the job."